MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, INTELLIGENCE SERVICE BULLETIN WAR DEPARTMENT NO. 7 Washington, March 1943 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Japan Section I. Japanese Impressions of U. S. Warfare 1. Introduction 2. U.S. Battlefield Tactics II. Details of New Rifle Used by Japanese 1. General 2. Table of Characteristics 3. Description of Component Parts a. Barrel Group b. Receiver Group c. Front Sight d. Rear Sight e. Operating Mechanism Group f. Trigger Mechanism Group g. Magazine Group h. Stock and Hand-Guard Group III. Japanese Warfare — From Their Documents 1. Introduction 2. Movement in Jungle Country a. During the Day b. At Night 3. Assaulting Enemy Positions IV. Communications 1. Introduction 2. Instructions for Land-Air Liaison a. Selecting a Panel Signaling Post b. Dropping Message Tube from Aircraft c. Operating a Panel Signaling Post d. Pick-up Message Tube Method e. Identifications 3. Miscellaneous Orders Section V. Japanese Warfare as Seen by U. S. Combatants 1. Introduction 2. General Tactics 3. Attack Techniques 4. Deception 5. Morale 6. Armament a. Artillery b. Powder 7. Defense Tactics a. General b. In the Buna Area Part Two: Germany Section I. Gas Warfare 1. General 2. Defense 3. Offense a. Weapons of Smoke Troops b. Equipment of Other Arms c. Miscellaneous Gas Weapons 4. Theoretical Use of Gas in the Field a. For Cloud Effect b. For Contamination II. Visual Signals Between Air and Ground Forces 1. Introduction 2. Coordination 3. Day Signals Used by Ground Troops a. Orange Smoke b. Identification Panels c. Swastika Flags d. Improvised Signals 4. Day Signals Used by Aircraft 5. Night Signals Used by Ground Troops 6. Night Signals Used by Aircraft 7. Use of Very Lights III. Infantry Fieldworks 1. Introduction 2. General Principles Section IV. Interrogation of British Prisoners of War 1. General 2. A Specimen Blank 3. The Instructions V. Air Forces 1. Henschel 129 Bomber 2. Dornier 217E Bomber VI. Miscellaneous 1. Light Assault Bridge a. Version 1 b. Version 2 2. Use of Smoke Against Tanks a. Experiment 1 b. Experiment 2 c. Experiment 3 d. Experiment 4 Part Three: United Nations Section I Notes on Security from the Middle East 1. Introduction 2. Preserving Enemy Aircraft 3. Safeguarding Enemy Documents 4. The Souvenir Habit II British Training for Special Duties 1. Introduction 2. Scouts and Observers 3. Ambushes a. General b. Choosing a Locality c. Planning d. Action 4. Street Fighting 5. Woodcraft and Bivouac a. General b. Bivouac Site c. Bed d. Campfires e. Important Note Section III. Miscellaneous 1. Steel Helmets and Head Wounds 2. British Nicknames of Tanks a. British Tanks b. American Tanks LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. New Japanese Rifle; (a) Right Side, (b) Left Side Figure 2. Henschel 129 Bomber Figure 3. German Light Assault Bridge Figure 4. Steel Helmets and Head Wounds

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Numbering ceased with v. 3, no. 12, August 1945

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